MURDOCH.] F(K)I>. (;i{ 



jrladt«)inurliasctnimiisc(.ni-iiLfal"iiiiisli";iii.l Ihr lnokcn \i,iuais I'loiii 

 the tal>k-. These were, howeviT. ciiiisidcird as spcii;,! (hiintirs aiitl 

 eaten as hiueheoiis or as a dcsscit after ilii' iciiiihir niral. I'lic cliililicii 

 and even some of the woincii were al\\a\s on ih,' waidi im- ilic cdok's 

 slop bucket to be br(mj;lit (nit. and vied willi ilir iiliii|iiii(,us dcn;s in 

 searching for serajis of fudd. AFcat whicli ciii.iiics would call ratiicr 

 "high" is eaten with relish. Imt tliey seem t<i |irclcr livsh niral when 

 thej' cau get it. 



Means of prciiariiKj fi>t>it.~VniH\ is ucm-rally .MiokiMl. cxri'i.i. iirrliaps, 

 whale-skiu and \vliale-.i;iini. which usuall\ seem lo he calcn as sunn as 

 obtained, without waiting; tor a tire. Ah-at of all kinds is ycni rally 



boiled in abundance id water nver a tire of driftw hand the lirotli 



thus made is drunk hot before eating tlie meat. Fowls are prepared lor 

 boiling by skiniuug them. Fish are also boiled, but are often eaten raw, 

 especially in muter at the deer-hunting camps, when they are frozen 

 hard. Jleat is sometimes eaten raw or frozen. Lieut. Hay found one 

 family in cam]) on Kulugrua who had no tire of any kind, and were 

 eating everji:hing raw. They had run out of oil some time liefore and 

 did not like to spend time in going to the coast tor more while deer were 

 plentiful. 



When traveling iil winter, according to bieut. Uay, tliey luefer frozen 

 fish or a sort of pemmican made as follows: The marrow is extracted 

 from reindeer boiu's hy Koiling, and to a <|nantity of tliis is added L'(U-.> 

 pounds of eruslied seal or whale blubber, and the whole beaten up with 

 the hands ni a large wooden bowl to the consistency of frozen cream. 

 Into this tJiey stir bits of boiled venison, generally t1ie j.oorer portions 

 of the meat scraped off the bone, and chewed ni> small by all the women 

 and children of the fandly, "eaeli using some calialistic woid as they 

 cast in their mouthful."' The mass is made uji into 1' pound halls and 

 carried in litth' sealskin bags. Flour, when olitained. is ma.lc into a 

 sort of porridge, of which the\ are very tond. Cooking is mostly done 

 outside of tile dwelling, in the (ppen air in summer, or in kitchens opening 

 out of the i)assagewa\ in winter. Little messes (Uily. like an occasional 

 dish (d sou|> or j.orridgc. are cooked over the lamps in the house. This 



habit, of <'onrse, c es liom the almndaid supply of tirewood, while the 



Eskimo most fre.iuently descrilMMl live in a country where w 1 is very 



scarce, ami are obliged to depen<l on oil for fuel. 



Time (Old jyriiiinifji ,f ininiii.^WUvw these ] pie arc living in the 



winter hons<'s they do not, as fir as we could learn, luive any regular 

 time for meals, hut eat u h.mever they ar.^ hungry and have l.'isur.^. The 

 women seem to keep a sM|.ply of cooked food on iiaml ready for any 

 one to eat. Wiien tlu' men are working in the kfi'dyigi. or •'club house," 

 or when a nuud)er of them are encamped together in tents, as at the 

 whaling camp in iss!. or the regular summer caiui) at i'e rnyu. the 

 women at intervals through the day prepare dishes of meat, which tlie 



' Lk-ut. Kay's MS. uotes. 



